Jeremiah 4:21
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How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long.

Jeremiah 4:14 Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?

shall I.

Jeremiah 4:5,6,19 Declare ye in Juda, and make it heard in Jerusalem: speak, and sound with the trumpet in the land: cry aloud, and say: Assemble yourselves, and let us go into strong cities. . . .

Jeremiah 6:1 Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction.

2 Chronicles 35:25 Particularly Jeremias: whose lamentations for Josias all the singing men and singing women repeat unto this day, and it became like a law in Israel: Behold it is found written in the Lamentations.

2 Chronicles 36:3,6,7,10,17 And the king of Egypt came to Jerusalem, and deposed him, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. . . .

Context
Lamentation for Judah
20Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment. 21How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?22For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:6
Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 4:20
Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:22
For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 42:14
Saying: No, but we will go into the land of Egypt: where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor suffer hunger: and there we will dwell.

Lexicon
How long
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

must I see
אֶרְאֶה־ (’er·’eh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the signal flag
נֵּ֑ס (nês)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5251: A flag, a sail, a flagstaff, a signal, a token

and hear
אֶשְׁמְעָ֖ה (’eš·mə·‘āh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

the sound
ק֥וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

of the trumpet?
שׁוֹפָֽר׃ (šō·w·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7782: A cornet, curved horn


Additional Translations
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the trumpet?How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?
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